Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fulacht fia
Ballybornagh, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybornagh
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.08170, -8.96865
- SMR number
- CL006-139----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a narrow terrace on a moderately steep rock-strewn SE-facing slope, with a small stream immediately to the NE. A classic horseshoe-shaped fulacht fia (dims. 17.2m NE–SW; 15.1m NW–SE; max. H 1.8m) open to the NW and with a trough area (9m NW–SE; 4.7m NE–SW) abutting a low bedrock terrace at NW. The bedrock terrace is stepped and may have been quarried as a source of stone and for seating. A cattle track running along the external base of the monument at S has removed the sod cover revealing a composition of small burnt stones.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin
Date of upload: 29 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.